While the clearcutting of beautiful, 150-year old forests, the repeated exposure to thousands of gallons of cancer-causing herbicides, and the threat posed to the safety and habitat of our wild neighbors are big concerns that, by comparison, may make worries about the noise caused by chainsaws, wood chippers, road building, and trucks seem trivial, we believe that few things will be as difficult for nearby residents to withstand.

The sound that that will result from chainsaws, fellers and bunchers, haul trucks, chippers, stump grinders, and air compressors echoing through the hills will be a loud and ever present reminder of the assault on nature that is taking place near our homes, and worst of all, it will be inescapable.

As anyone who lives in the hills can attest, the sound of one neighbor cutting down a tree can be incredibly disruptive and annoying. Multiply that noise by thousands of trees, day in and day out, for many months at a time, over the course of several years...

Appendix I of the FEMA EIS, the document which explains the precise nature of this deforestation plan, notes where the noise from this plan is predicted to be significant for nearby neighborhoods, and it includes those near the following parks and public lands: Frowning Ridge, Anthony Chabot, Claremont Canyon, Redwood Regional, Sibley Volcanic, Tilden Regional, Wildcat Canyon, Strawberry Canyon, Caldecott Tunnel, North Hills Skyline, Huckleberry Botanic, Lake Chabot Regional, Leona Canyon Regional, Miller/Knox Shoreline, and Sobrante Ridge.